With all the cloud services available out there, you don't accept to shop your photos locally on your Mac. That memory space can exist used for other items. Services similar Google Photos lets you upload and shop an unlimited number of photos and videos on the cloud provided yous come across their quality requirements.

Google Photos offers multiple ways to sync photos from your Mac to the service. Y'all can either let it upload all your Mac photos or y'all can cull the ones that you want to upload. Too, yous have a web version available to use in example you lot aren't willing to install one more than app on your Mac.

Upload All Mac Photos To Google Photos With The "Backup and Sync" App

Google offers an app chosen Backup and Sync that allows you to upload files from your computers to your Google account. Y'all can use it to upload all the photos that are in the iPhoto and Photos app on your Mac. It lets y'all select custom folders as well to upload photos from.

To take advantage of the unlimited free storage on Google Photos, you need to permit Google to:

  • Compress your photos then they're 16MP.
  • Resize your videos to have a maximum of 1080p resolution.

You lot don't need to manually resize or shrink your content as Google will practice it for you.

  1. Download and launch the Backup and Sync app on your Mac.
  1. Enter your Google username and click on Adjacent.
  1. Enter your Google account password and hit Sign in.
  1. If you have ii-factor authentication enabled, enter the lawmaking on your screen and click on Done.
  1. The app will now let you select what you want to upload to Google Photos. Tick-marking the option for the Pictures folder then tick-mark both Photos Library besides every bit iPhoto Library.
  1. Select the High quality (free unlimited storage) selection.
  2. Tick-marking the box that says Upload photos and videos to Google Photos.
  3. Finally, click on Side by side at the bottom.

Upload Mac Photos Using The Google Photos Web Version

If you merely have a few photos to upload to Google Photos and you don't want to install an app to do it, you tin apply the Google Photos web version to do this. It'll let you create albums and upload your photos in them — all from your web browser.

  1. Open a new tab in your browser and head over to the Google Photos site. Log-in with your Google business relationship if you aren't already logged in.
  2. Click on the option that says Create at the top and select Anthology. This is where your uploaded photos are going to exist stored.
  1. Enter a name for your new album and click on Add photos to add together photos to it.
  1. This will take you to the screen where you can add existing Google Photos photos to your album. Since yous want to upload photos locally from your Mac, click on Select from calculator at the peak-right corner of your screen.
  1. Choose the photos that you want to upload from your Mac to Google Photos.
  2. If yous want to add photos at a later on fourth dimension, you can come back to the newly created album anytime and click on the Add photos option to upload new photos to your account.

Upload Called Photos From iPhoto To Google Photos

If yous use the Fill-in and Sync app to upload your photos, you'll notice that information technology only lets y'all upload total iPhoto libraries to your account. There's no option to manually select photos from your library for uploading.

Luckily, at that place's a workaround to go this done.

  1. Right-click on your Mac's desktop and select New Binder. Apply iPhoto Photos every bit the proper name for your binder.
  1. Launch the iPhoto app using your preferred method on your Mac.
  1. Select the photos that yous'd like to upload to Google Photos. You tin can select multiple photos from any albums you desire.
  2. When you've selected the photos to be uploaded, click on the File carte at the height and click on Export.
  1. If you lot desire to adjust whatsoever quality-related settings, do so on the screen that follows. And so click on Consign to bring your photos out of iPhoto.
  1. Cull the iPhoto Photos folder on your desktop and click on OK.
  1. Quit the iPhoto app on your Mac by clicking on iPhoto followed by Quit iPhoto at the top.
  1. Launch the Backup and Sync app and log-in to your Google account.
  2. On the screen where it asks what content y'all desire to upload, untick all the boxes and click on Choose Binder.
  1. Select the iPhoto Photos folder on your desktop.
  2. Hit Adjacent and your called iPhoto photos volition be uploaded to your Google Photos account.

Upload Called Photos From The Photos App To Google Photos

If the Photos app happens to exist your primary photo management app, you tin can selectively upload your photos from this app to Google Photos. You'll need to employ a workaround to exercise this as the Backup and Sync app doesn't permit you to do it by default.

  1. Create a new binder on your desktop by correct-clicking and selecting New Folder. Use My Photos every bit the name for your binder.
  1. Open up the Photos app on your Mac.
  1. Select the photos that you want to upload past clicking on them. You can choose as many photos as you want in your albums.
  2. Once you've made a selection, click on the File card at the pinnacle and choose Consign followed by Export Unmodified Original For X Photos where X is the number of photos yous've selected.
  1. Unless you want to change the naming for your photos, click on Export to save them with their default names to the folder on your desktop.
  1. Choose the My Photos folder located on your desktop and click on Export Originals.
  1. Close the Photos app on your Mac.
  1. Access the Backup and Sync app and log-in to your account.
  2. Click on the Choose Binder option and choose the My Photos binder on your desktop.
  1. Proceed with the uploading process and your chosen photos volition be uploaded to your account.

Do you keep your photos locally on your Mac? If so, what is it that'south holding you back from uploading them to services similar Google Photos? We'd be curious to know in the comments below.